Deuteronomy 24:16

World English Bible (2000)

The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ezek 18:20 : 20 The soul who sins, he shall die: the son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son; the righteousness of the righteous shall be on him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be on him.
  • 2 Chr 25:4 : 4 But he didn't put their children to death, but did according to that which is written in the law in the book of Moses, as Yahweh commanded, saying, "The fathers shall not die for the children, neither shall the children die for the fathers; but every man shall die for his own sin."
  • Jer 31:29-30 : 29 In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge. 30 But everyone shall die for his own iniquity: every man who eats the sour grapes, his teeth shall be set on edge.
  • 2 Kgs 14:5-6 : 5 It happened, as soon as the kingdom was established in his hand, that he killed his servants who had slain the king his father: 6 but the children of the murderers he didn't put to death; according to that which is written in the book of the law of Moses, as Yahweh commanded, saying, "The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, nor the children be put to death for the fathers; but every man shall die for his own sin."

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  • 2 Chr 25:4
    84%

    4 But he didn't put their children to death, but did according to that which is written in the law in the book of Moses, as Yahweh commanded, saying, "The fathers shall not die for the children, neither shall the children die for the fathers; but every man shall die for his own sin."

  • Ezek 18:17-20
    4 verses
    84%

    17 who has withdrawn his hand from the poor, who has not received interest nor increase, has executed my ordinances, has walked in my statutes; he shall not die for the iniquity of his father, he shall surely live.

    18 As for his father, because he cruelly oppressed, robbed his brother, and did that which is not good among his people, behold, he shall die in his iniquity.

    19 Yet you say, Why doesn't the son bear the iniquity of the father? When the son has done that which is lawful and right, and has kept all my statutes, and has done them, he shall surely live.

    20 The soul who sins, he shall die: the son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son; the righteousness of the righteous shall be on him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be on him.

  • 2 Kgs 14:6
    81%

    6 but the children of the murderers he didn't put to death; according to that which is written in the book of the law of Moses, as Yahweh commanded, saying, "The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, nor the children be put to death for the fathers; but every man shall die for his own sin."

  • Ezek 18:13-14
    2 verses
    75%

    13 has given forth on interest, and has taken increase; shall he then live? he shall not live: he has done all these abominations; he shall surely die; his blood shall be on him.

    14 Now, behold, if he fathers a son, who sees all his father's sins, which he has done, and fears, and does not such like;

  • Jer 31:29-30
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    75%

    29 In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge.

    30 But everyone shall die for his own iniquity: every man who eats the sour grapes, his teeth shall be set on edge.

  • Lev 20:9
    74%

    9 "'For everyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death: he has cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.

  • Deut 24:17
    73%

    17 You shall not wrest the justice [due] to the foreigner, [or] to the fatherless, nor take the widow's clothing to pledge;

  • Ezek 18:3-4
    2 verses
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    3 As I live, says the Lord Yahweh, you shall not have [occasion] any more to use this proverb in Israel.

    4 Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul who sins, he shall die.

  • Lev 24:17
    73%

    17 "'He who strikes any man mortally shall surely be put to death.

  • Exod 21:15
    73%

    15 "Anyone who attacks his father or his mother shall be surely put to death.

  • Isa 14:21
    73%

    21 Prepare for slaughter of his children because of the iniquity of their fathers, that they not rise up and possess the earth, and fill the surface of the world with cities.

  • Lam 5:7
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    7 Our fathers sinned, and are no more; We have borne their iniquities.

  • Exod 22:24
    72%

    24 and my wrath will grow hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.

  • Lev 20:11
    72%

    11 "'The man who lies with his father's wife has uncovered his father's nakedness: both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.

  • Jer 16:3
    72%

    3 For thus says Yahweh concerning the sons and concerning the daughters who are born in this place, and concerning their mothers who bore them, and concerning their fathers who became the father of them in this land:

  • Exod 21:17
    72%

    17 "Anyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.

  • Jer 16:7
    72%

    7 neither shall men break [bread] for them in mourning, to comfort them for the dead; neither shall men give them the cup of consolation to drink for their father or for their mother.

  • Mark 13:12
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    12 "Brother will deliver up brother to death, and the father his child. Children will rise up against parents, and cause them to be put to death.

  • Matt 10:21
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    21 "Brother will deliver up brother to death, and the father his child. Children will rise up against parents, and cause them to be put to death.

  • Deut 24:15
    71%

    15 in his day you shall give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down on it; for he is poor, and sets his heart on it: lest he cry against you to Yahweh, and it be sin to you.

  • Num 35:31
    71%

    31 "'Moreover you shall take no ransom for the life of a murderer who is guilty of death; but he shall surely be put to death.

  • Ezek 18:26
    71%

    26 When the righteous man turns away from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, and dies therein; in his iniquity that he has done shall he die.

  • Ezek 5:10
    71%

    10 Therefore the fathers shall eat the sons in the midst of you, and the sons shall eat their fathers; and I will execute judgments on you; and the whole remnant of you will I scatter to all the winds.

  • Lev 26:39
    71%

    39 Those of you who are left will pine away in their iniquity in your enemies' lands; and also in the iniquities of their fathers shall they pine away with them.

  • Matt 15:4
    71%

    4 For God commanded, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and, 'He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.'

  • Jer 13:14
    71%

    14 I will dash them one against another, even the fathers and the sons together, says Yahweh: I will not pity, nor spare, nor have compassion, that I should not destroy them.

  • Ps 109:14
    71%

    14 Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered by Yahweh. Don't let the sin of his mother be blotted out.

  • 1 Sam 2:24-25
    2 verses
    71%

    24 No, my sons; for it is no good report that I hear: you make Yahweh's people disobey.

    25 If one man sin against another, God shall judge him; but if a man sin against Yahweh, who shall entreat for him?" Notwithstanding, they didn't listen to the voice of their father, because Yahweh was minded to kill them.

  • Jer 11:22
    70%

    22 therefore thus says Yahweh of Armies, Behold, I will punish them: the young men shall die by the sword; their sons and their daughters shall die by famine;

  • Exod 31:14
    70%

    14 You shall keep the Sabbath therefore; for it is holy to you. Everyone who profanes it shall surely be put to death; for whoever does any work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people.

  • Prov 17:6
    70%

    6 Children's children are the crown of old men; the glory of children are their parents.

  • 2 Chr 24:22
    70%

    22 Thus Joash the king didn't remember the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but killed his son. When he died, he said, "May Yahweh look at it, and repay it."

  • Prov 23:13
    70%

    13 Don't withhold correction from a child. If you punish him with the rod, he will not die.

  • Exod 22:22
    70%

    22 "You shall not take advantage of any widow or fatherless child.

  • Prov 13:22
    70%

    22 A good man leaves an inheritance to his children's children, but the wealth of the sinner is stored for the righteous.

  • Lev 24:15
    70%

    15 You shall speak to the children of Israel, saying, 'Whoever curses his God shall bear his sin.

  • Lev 24:21
    70%

    21 He who kills an animal shall make it good; and he who kills a man shall be put to death.

  • Ezek 3:20
    70%

    20 Again, when a righteous man does turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumbling block before him, he shall die: because you have not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteous deeds which he has done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at your hand.

  • Deut 19:21
    70%

    21 Your eyes shall not pity; life [shall go] for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

  • Exod 34:7
    70%

    7 keeping loving kindness for thousands, forgiving iniquity and disobedience and sin; and that will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, and on the children's children, on the third and on the fourth generation."

  • Deut 21:22
    69%

    22 If a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be put to death, and you hang him on a tree;